History Anime / ErgoProxy

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Re-l vs Real, Romdo vs Romdeau, and countless others.

* CoolGuns: Re-l's gun looks somewhat like a sawed-off shotgun.

* WillTheyOrWontThey: Vincent and Re-l.

* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish:
** The opening, "Kiri" by Japanese duo Monoral, is sung entirely in perfect English. Both members of the band are fluent.
** Anytime English shows up in the episodes (the "fellow citizens" broadcast or just in the grocery store) it's also very good.

** Vincent also bears similarities to the ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' character Vincent Valentine. Aside from having the [[NamesTheSame same name]], both wear red capes and [[spoiler:have demonic alter-egos, Ergo Proxy and Chaos respectively, who have a passing resemblance to each other.]]

* AwesomeMcCoolname: Vincent Law. "Vincent" is derived from the roman "vincere", to conquer. So, his name is basically "Conquer the law". Anyway, Vincent Law. C'mon, say it aloud. You know you want to.

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: Happens twice; the first time with the Gameshow episode, and the second with the ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' -esque episode. Both utilise a completely different format of telling the story; the first with a gameshow/clipshow, and the second by seeing Toon World from Pino's perspective.

* AbusivePrecursors: A subtle, yet running undercurrent throughout the series. [[spoiler: The [[HumansAreCthulhu crea]][[HumansAreBastards tors]] not only created the [[AIIsACrapshoot AutoReivs,]] [[FisherKing the]] [[HumanoidAbomination Proxies,]] and the [[TomatoSurprise "humans",]] but rigged the system so that once they served their purpose, they would, through various mechanisms, [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness inevitably get destroyed]], so that [[ItsAllAboutMe they could have planet Earth to themselves.]] [[NotSoDifferent Likewise,]] [[TokenGoodTeammate with exceptions,]] most of the proxies treat their creations as either tools or toys they have the right to destroy whenever they please. Generally speaking, the track record of the interactions of creator to creation in this universe, either species to species, or on an individual basis, is pretty poor.]]

** [[spoiler: When Pino drops to her knees, indicating she's infected with the Cogito Virus, it's after ''Vincent'' touches her, not Monad. It's heavily implied proxies can infect autoreivs with Cogito, due to Dorothy from the first episode immediately becoming infected after Monad flees from Re-l.]]

* RecapEpisode: The odd [[spoiler:game show]] episode functions as this, except that the rest of the cast who aren't traveling in the PowerTrio [[spoiler:get to see the ClipShow elements as well, and thus learn plot important information.]]

Has a [[Characters/ErgoProxy character page]].

Compare ''Anime/{{Texhnolyze}}'', ''Anime/SerialExperimentsLain'' and ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex''.

!!Tropes:

* CharacterTitle

* [[spoiler:CueTheSun: In the final episode, the thick clouds that cover the Earth finally dissipate, revealing the sun for the first time in thousands of years. Accompanied by human ships descending to Earth from the sky.]]

* [[spoiler: DeathTakesAHoliday]]

* DisneyDeath : Vincent in Episode 3 when he falls from the top of the dome. He is believed to be dead by most, and is only discovered when Raul comes across footage from a surveillance drone which is destroyed by Vincent.

* LuminescentBlush

* [[spoiler:OurVampiresAreDifferent]]: Proxies.

* QuiveringEyes

** Re-L Mayer's citizen Number is 124c41, HugoGernsback wrote a novel with the title ''Ralph 124C 41+'', see the similarities?

* WalkingTheEarth

* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman
* WhiteMaskOfDoom / CoolMask: Ergo Proxy himself with his half-face, Harlequin-esque... thing.